dutch
/dʌt͡ʃ/
Word Rarity
Uncommon
Frequency: 4.41 in modern English
11
Scrabble Score
5
Letters
1
Syllables
5
Unique Chars
Meaning
adj
Of or pertaining to the Netherlands, the Dutch people or the Dutch language.
adj
Pertaining to Germanic-speaking peoples on the European continent, chiefly the Germans (especially established German-speaking communities in parts of the USA), or the Dutch; Teutonic; Germanic.
Archaic
name
The main language of the Netherlands, Flanders (i.e., the northern half of Belgium) and Suriname; Netherlandic.
name
German; the main language of the Holy Roman Empire (Germany, Austria, Alsace, Luxembourg).
Archaic
name
A male given name, more often given as a nickname to someone of Dutch or German ancestry than as an official given name.
Example Sentences
- "By the time this mysterious knight died in the 1360s, his book was available in every European language, including Dutch, Gaelic, Czech, Catalan, and Walloon."
- "According to this view, Dutch is a descendant of Old (West) Low Franconian and …"
- "For the abbreviation of the name of the pieces, each player is free to use the name which is commonly used in his/her country. Examples: F = fou (French for bishop), L = loper (Dutch for bishop). In printed periodicals, the use of figurines is recommended."
- "The Dutch will vote on the matter next month."
- "In upstate New York, the Dutch continued to speak their language into the nineteenth century."
- "“Queer language, that, sir,” said the officer. “It was Dutch to me.”"
Etymology
PIE word *tewtéh₂ From Middle English Duch (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Middle Low German dütsch, düdesch (“German, Low German, Dutch”) and Middle Dutch dūtsch, dūtsc (“German, Low German, Dutch”), from Proto-West Germanic *þiudisk, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz (“of one’s people”), derived from *þeudō (“people”), from Proto-Indo-European *tewtéh₂. Doublet of Deutsch and Doitsu. Compare Middle English thedisch (“native, endemic”) from Old English þēodisċ (“of one’s people”), Old Saxon thiudisk (German Low German düütsch (“German”)), Old High German diutisc (modern German deutsch (“German”)), modern Dutch Duits (“German”) alongside elevated Diets (“Dutch”) (a secondary distinction, fully accepted only in the 19th century). See also Derrick, Teuton, Teutonic. Cognate with Persian توده (tude, “people, nation”). The pejorative senses (Dutch courage, Dutch wife, Dutch uncle, etc.) are said to stem from the Anglo-Dutch Wars and the accompanying rivalry.
Origin
Word Breakdown
- Root: Duch, dütsch, dutsch, *þiudisk, *þiudiskaz, *tewtéh₂
Usage
Inflected Forms
more Dutch (comparative)
Dutcher (comparative)
most Dutch (superlative)
Dutchest (superlative)
Du. (alternative)
Dutches (present, singular)
Dutching (participle, present)
Dutched (participle, past)
Dutched (past)
dutches (plural)